New Insights Into the Ancient Treasures of Chinese Medicine

For the first time, Prof. Unschuld presents his translation of the Ben Cao Gang Mu, the apex of pre-modern Chinese pharmaceutical-therapeutic literature and the most extensive compendium on herbs, animals, and minerals ever written during the imperial age.

New Insights Into the Ancient Treasures of Chinese Medicine

New comprehensive translation of the Ben Cao Gang Mu (BCGM) by Prof. Paul Unschuld

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“Everybody has heard of the Ben Cao Gang Mu. Few may have read some passages, but – I presume – hardly anybody has ever gone through it from first to last Chinese character.” Prof. Paul Unschuld

Don’t miss this historic event. Watch professor Paul Unschuld and Dr Yair Maimon in this illuminating conversation, created exclusively for TCM Academy. For the first time, Prof. Unschuld presents his translation of the Ben Cao Gang Mu, the apex of pre-modern Chinese pharmaceutical-therapeutic literature and the most extensive compendium on herbs, animals, and minerals ever written during the imperial age.

Also covered:
☯ The BCGM value for TCM
☯ The joy and the pain of working on BCGM translation
☯ Past mistakes in translation and their meaning for TCM practitioners


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